Authentication-based and hardware-based lockdown features for a memory system

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a memory system controller from a host system, a lockdown command associated with one or more operations of a memory system, wherein the lockdown command indicates, for each of the one or more operations:
• whether the operation is to be locked down using an authentication-based lockdown feature, and
• whether the operation is to be locked down using a hardware-based lockdown feature;
• and
• performing, by the memory system controller, at least one of:
• storing a first lockdown configuration associated with a first operation, of the one or more operations, in an authentication-key-protected portion of the memory system when the lockdown command indicates that the first operation is to be locked down using the authentication-based lockdown feature;
• or
• storing a second lockdown configuration associated with a second operation, of the one or more operations, in a hardware-pin-protected portion of the memory system when the lockdown command indicates that the second operation is to be locked down using the hardware-based lockdown feature.

A multi-port solid state drive (SSD), comprising:

• one or more components configured to:
• receive, from a host system, a non-volatile memory express (NVMe) lockdown command that indicates one or more arguments,
• wherein each argument, of the one or more arguments, is associated with a memory operation, of one or more memory operations associated with the multi-port SSD, and
• wherein each argument, of the one or more arguments, indicates:
• whether the memory operation for the argument is to be locked down using an authentication-based lockdown feature, and
• whether the memory operation for the argument is to be locked down using a hardware-based lockdown feature;
• and
• perform at least one of:
• store a first lockdown configuration associated with a first memory operation, of the one or more memory operations, in an authentication-key-protected portion of the multi-port SSD when the NVMe lockdown command indicates that the first memory operation is to be locked down using the authentication-based lockdown feature;
• or
• store a second lockdown configuration associated with a second memory operation, of the one or more memory operations, in a hardware-pin-protected portion of the multi-port SSD when the NVMe lockdown command indicates that the second memory operation is to be locked down using the hardware-based lockdown feature.